Device for participating in a network for sharing media consumption activity
A device and server for participating in a network for sharing media consumption activity is disclosed. For example, the device receives information identifying a media item as a result of playing the media item on a second user device associated with a friend of the plurality of friends and the friend of a plurality of friends. The device presents information identifying the media item selected for play on the second user device and the friend associated with the second user device and identifying a plurality of other media items and a subset of the plurality of friends. The device obtains a selection of a second media item for play, the second media item, and initiates play of the media item. The device provides, as a result of playing the second media item, information identifying the second media item and the user for sharing with the plurality of friends of the user.
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This application is a continuation of co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/693,785, filed Dec. 4, 2012, entitled GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE SYSTEM FOR ALLOWING MANAGEMENT OF A MEDIA ITEM PLAYLIST BASED ON A PREFERENCE SCORING SYSTEM, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/750,002, filed May 17, 2007, entitled GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE SYSTEM FOR ALLOWING MANAGEMENT OF A MEDIA ITEM PLAYLIST BASED ON A PREFERENCE SCORING SYSTEM, which is a continuation-in-part patent application of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/484,130, filed Jul. 11, 2006, entitled P2P NETWORK FOR PROVIDING REAL TIME MEDIA RECOMMENDATIONS, all of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
FIELD OF THE INVENTIONThe present invention relates to graphical user interfaces (GUIs) and related systems provided on a peer device in a network, such as a peer-to-peer network, to allow a user to define user preferences and/or develop a user profile. The preferences and profile are used to filter media item recommendations received by the peer device, score the media item recommendations according to the user preferences and/or user profile, and allow management of a media item playlist on the peer device based on media item scoring.
BACKGROUNDIn recent years, there has been an enormous increase in the amount of digital media, such as music, available online. Services such as Apple's iTunes enable users to legally purchase and download music. Other services such as Yahoo! Music Unlimited and RealNetwork's Rhapsody provide access to millions of songs for a monthly subscription fee. As a result, music has become much more accessible to listeners worldwide. In this regard, graphical user interfaces are often provided to user devices to allow the user to retrieve, navigate and otherwise manage their media collection. However, the increased accessibility of music has only heightened a long-standing problem for the music industry, which is namely the issue of linking audiophiles with new music that matches their listening preferences.
Many companies, technologies, and approaches have emerged to address this issue of music recommendation. Some companies have taken an analytical approach. They review various attributes of a song, such as melody, harmony, lyrics, orchestration, vocal character, and the like, and assign a rating to each attribute. The ratings for each attribute are then assembled to create a holistic classification for the song that is then used by a recommendation engine. The recommendation engine typically requires that the user first identify a song that he or she likes. The recommendation engine then suggests other songs with similar attributions. Companies using this type of approach include Pandora (pandora.com), SoundFlavor (soundflavor.com), MusicIP (musicip.com), and MongoMusic (purchased by Microsoft in 2000).
Other companies take a communal approach. They make recommendations based on the collective wisdom of a group of users with similar musical tastes. These solutions first profile the listening habits of a particular user and then search similar profiles of other users to determine recommendations. Profiles are generally created in a variety of ways such as looking at a user's complete collection, the playcounts of their songs, their favorite playlists, and the like. Companies using this technology include Last.fm (last.fm), Music Strands (musicstrands.com), WebJay (webjay.org), Mercora (mercora.com), betterPropaganda (betterpropaganda.com), Loomia (loomia.com), eMusic (emusic.com), musicmatch (mmguide.musicmatch.com), genielab (genielab.com/), upto11 (upto11.net/), Napster (napster.com), and iTunes (itunes.com) with its celebrity playlists.
The problem with these traditional recommendation systems is that they fail to consider peer influences. For example, the media items that a particular teenager listens to and/or views may be highly influenced by the media items listened to or viewed by a group of the teenager's peers, such as his or her friends. Media item recommendations from a user's peers may be provided through a social network, such as, for example, a peer-to-peer network.
Similar to a company generating media item recommendations based on a user's profile, a user may desire to filter peer media item recommendations received by his or her peer device based on the user's preferences and profile. However, to effectively filter peer media item recommendations, the user has to provide information to the peer device from which user preferences may be determined and a user profile may be developed. In addition, the user may desire the ability to control the manner in which his or her preferences and profile are applied to the peer media item recommendations, and, generally, to manage the peer media item recommendations on the peer device.
Further, even though media item recommendations can be provided as an effective tool to target media items sent to a user, such as in a peer-to-peer network, the user may not desire to listen to or view all of the peer recommendations received by the user's peer device. The user must navigate through his or her media item collection on a graphical user interface to select media items of interest. The user's media collection, which may consist of user directed selections and received media item selections, may contain hundreds if not thousands of media items to navigate.
Thus, there exists a need to provide a mechanism to allow a user at a peer device to effectively provide user preferences and profile information used to generate media item recommendations as well as a system and method to allow a user to more effectively navigate among media item recommendations among a vast media collection.
SUMMARYThe present invention provides a system and a user device for participating in a network for sharing media consumption activity. In an embodiment, the device comprises a processor and a control system component associated with the processor. The control system is adapted to receive information identifying a media item and a friend of a plurality of friends, wherein the information is provided as a result of playing the media item on a second user device associated with the friend of the plurality of friends. The control system is further adapted to present information comprising information identifying the media item selected for play on the second user device and the friend associated with the second user device and information identifying a plurality of other media items and a subset of the plurality of friends, wherein play of the other media items was initiated on a corresponding plurality of other user devices associated with the subset of the plurality of friends. The control system is further adapted to; obtain a selection of a second media item for play; obtain the second media item; and initiate play of the second media item. The control system is further adapted to provide, as a result of playing the second media item, information identifying the second media item and the user for sharing with the plurality of friends of the user.
In an embodiment, a user device comprises a processor and a control system component associated with the processor. The control system is adapted to receive information identifying a media item and a friend of a plurality of friends, wherein the information is provided as a result of playing the media item on a second user device associated with the friend of the plurality of friends. The control system is further adapted to present information comprising information identifying the media item selected for play on the second user device and the friend associated with the second user device and information identifying a plurality of other media items and a subset of the plurality of friends, wherein play of the other media items was initiated on a corresponding plurality of other user devices associated with the subset of the plurality of friends. The control system is further adapted to: obtain the media item from a remote source and initiate play of the media item. The control system is further adapted to provide, as a result of playing the media item, information identifying the media item and the user for sharing with the plurality of friends of the user.
In an embodiment, a user device comprises a processor and a control system component associated with the processor. The control system is adapted to receive information identifying a media item and a friend of a plurality of friends, wherein the information is provided in response to playing the media item on a second user device associated with the friend of the plurality of friends. The control system is further adapted to present information identifying the media item selected for play on the second user device and the friend associated with the second user device. The control system is further adapted to display information identifying a plurality of other media items. The control system is further adapted to display information identifying a source of each of the plurality of other media items. The control system is further adapted to initiate play of the media item. The control system is further adapted to provide, in response to playing the media item, information identifying the media item and the user for sharing with the plurality of friends of the user.
In an embodiment, a user device comprises a processor and a control system component associated with the processor. The control system is adapted to receive information identifying a media item and a friend of a plurality of friends, wherein the information is provided as a result of playing the media item on a second user device associated with the friend of the plurality of friends. The control system is further adapted to automatically add the media item to a pre-existing list of media items, to provide an updated list of media items. The control system is further adapted to present information derived from the updated list of media items comprising information identifying the media item selected for play on the second user device and the friend associated with the second user device and information identifying a plurality of other media items and a subset of the plurality of friends, wherein play of the other media items was initiated on a corresponding plurality of other user devices associated with the subset of the plurality of friends. The pre-existing list of media items is a list of media items existing prior to receiving the information identifying a media item and a friend of the plurality of friends, wherein the information is provided as a result of playing the media item on a second user device associated with the friend of the plurality of friends.
In an embodiment, a user device comprises a processor and a control system component associated with the processor. The control system is further adapted to receive information identifying a media item, a friend of a plurality of friends, and a timestamp, wherein the information is provided as a result of the media item having been played at a time of play indicated by the timestamp on a second user device associated with the friend of the plurality of friends. The control system is further adapted to present information comprising information identifying the media item selected for play on the second user device, the friend associated with the second user device, and information indicating the time of play of the media item and information identifying a plurality of other media items and a subset of the plurality of friends wherein play of the other media items was initiated on a corresponding plurality of other user devices associated with the subset of the plurality of friends, and wherein at least one of the plurality of other media items is displayed with information indicating an other time of play derived from a timestamp of the at least one of the plurality of other media items at a corresponding other user device.
In an embodiment a system for distributing music comprises a user device and a server. The user device is adapted to. obtain information identifying a user associated with the user device; obtain information identifying a plurality of friends of the user based on the information identifying the user; receive information identifying a media item and a friend of the plurality of friends, wherein the information is provided in response to playing the media item on a second user device associated with the friend of the plurality of friends; present information comprising information identifying the media item selected for play on the second user device and the friend associated with the second user device and information identifying a plurality of other media items and a subset of the plurality of friends, wherein play of the other media items was initiated on a corresponding plurality of other user devices associated with the subset of the plurality of friends; obtain a selection of a second media item for play; request the second media item from a server; and provide in response to playing the second media item, information identifying the second media item and the user for sharing with the plurality of friends of the user. The server is adapted to: provide a subscription based music service to the user device and the second user device; facilitate communication between the user device and the second user device; and provide the second media item to the user device in response to receiving the request.
In an embodiment, a user device comprises a processor and a control system component associated with the processor. The control system is adapted to receive information identifying: a plurality of media items; times at which the plurality of media items were played at user devices of friends of a plurality of friends; and users of a plurality of user devices at which the plurality of media items were played. The control system is further adapted to for ones of the plurality of media items, display by the user device, information identifying: the media item; the time at which the media item was played at the user devices of the friends of the plurality of friends; the user of the plurality of user devices at which the media item was played; and a source of the media item.
Those skilled in the art will appreciate the scope of the present invention and realize additional aspects thereof after reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments in association with the accompanying drawing figures.
The accompanying drawing figures incorporated in and forming a part of this specification illustrate several aspects of the invention, and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention.
The embodiments set forth below represent the necessary information to enable those skilled in the art to practice the invention and illustrate the best mode of practicing the invention. Upon reading the following description in light of the accompanying drawing figures, those skilled in the art will understand the concepts of the invention and will recognize applications of these concepts not particularly addressed herein. It should be understood that these concepts and applications fall within the scope of the disclosure and the accompanying claims.
In an embodiment, the present invention provides graphical user interfaces (GUIs) and related systems for a peer device to provide user preferences and profile information used to filter media item recommendations. The GUIs also allow a user to navigate through and sort his or her media item collection containing such media item recommendations based on a preference scoring system generated as a result of the user preferences and profile selections made by the user. In this manner, the peer device may be contained within a peer-to-peer (P2P) network. A client application executing on the peer device provides and enables the GUIs. One or more GUIs enable the user to provide information to weight various media item categories and attributes within the media item categories. The user provided weighting information is used to configure the user preferences.
Another of the GUIs may display a media item playlist containing a preference scoring column to allow the user to display and sort media recommendations on the GUI by preference score. The media item playlist GUI also displays a list of the users subscribing to the P2P network, the title of and information concerning media items recommended by the users, and media items stored locally on the peer device, and other related information. The score may be determined by applying preferences defined by information provided by the user of the peer device via the one or more GUIs provided by the embodiment of the present invention.
Before discussing the particular GUI systems provided as part of the embodiment of the present invention to enable a user to define preferences, a user profile, and display and sort media items by preference scoring, a discussion of a P2P system and network that allows the user to obtain media item recommendations is first discussed. Examples of the GUIs 42, 50, 92, 100, 118, 132, 142, 184, and 187 are illustrated in
In this embodiment, the peer devices 12-16 are preferably portable devices such as, but not limited to, portable audio players, mobile telephones, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), or the like having audio playback capabilities. However, the peer devices 12-16 may alternatively be stationary devices such as a personal computer or the like. The peer devices 12-16 include local wireless communication interfaces (
The peer device 12 includes a music player 22, a recommendation engine 24, and a music collection 26. The music player 22 may be implemented in software, hardware, or a combination of hardware and software. In general, the music player 22 operates to play songs from the music collection 26. The recommendation engine 24 may be implemented in software, hardware, or a combination of hardware and software. The recommendation engine 24 may alternatively be incorporated into the music player 22. The music collection 26 includes any number of song files stored in one or more digital storage units such as, for example, one or more hard-disc drives, one or more memory cards, internal Random-Access Memory (RAM), one or more associated external digital storage devices, or the like.
In operation, each time a song is played by the music player 22, the recommendation engine 24 operates to provide a recommendation identifying the song to the other peer devices 14, 16 via the P2P network. The recommendation does not include the song. In one embodiment, the recommendation may be a recommendation file including information identifying the song. In addition, as discussed below in detail, the recommendation engine 24 operates to programmatically, or automatically, select a next song to be played by the music player 22 based on the recommendations received from the other peer device 14, 16 identifying songs recently played by the other peer devices 14, 16 and user preferences associated with the user of the peer device 12.
Like the peer device 12, the peer device 14 includes a music player 28, a recommendation engine 30, and a music collection 32, and the peer device 16 includes a music player 34, a recommendation engine 36, and a music collection 38.
The subscription music service 18 may be a service hosted by a server connected to the network 20. Exemplary subscription based music services that may be modified to operate according to the present invention are Yahoo! Music Unlimited digital music service and RealNetwork's Rhapsody digital music service.
Alternatively, the peer device 12 may establish an ad-hoc P2P network with the other peer devices 14, 16 by detecting the other peer devices 14, 16 within the local wireless coverage area of the peer device 12 and automatically establishing the P2P network with at least a subset of the detected peer devices 14, 16. In order to control the number of peer devices within the ad-hoc P2P network, the peer device 12 may compare user profiles of the users of the other peer devices 14, 16 with a user profile of the user of the peer device 12 and determine whether to permit the other peer devices 14, 16 to enter the P2P network based on the similarities of the user profiles.
At some point after the P2P network is established, the peer device 12 plays a song (step 202). Initially, before any recommendations have been received from the other peer devices 14, 16, the song may be a song from the music collection 26 selected by the user of the peer device 12. Prior to, during, or after playback of the song, the recommendation engine 24 sends a recommendation identifying the song to the other peer devices 14, 16 (step 204). The recommendation may include, but is not limited to, information identifying the song such as a Globally Unique Identifier (GUID) for the song, title of the song, or the like; a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) enabling other peer devices to obtain the song such as a URL enabling download or streaming of the song from the subscription music service 18 or a URL enabling purchase and download of the song from an e-commerce service; a URL enabling download or streaming of a preview of the song from the subscription music service 18 or a similar e-commerce service; metadata describing the song such as ID3 tags including, for example, genre, the title of the song, the artist of the song, the album on which the song can be found, the date of release of the song or album, the lyrics, and the like.
The recommendation may also include a list of recommenders including information identifying each user having previously recommended the song and a timestamp for each recommendation. For example, if the song was originally played at the peer device 14 and then played at the peer device 16 in response to a recommendation from the peer device 14, the list of recommenders may include information identifying the user of the peer device 14 or the peer device 14 and a timestamp identifying a time at which the song was played or recommended by the peer device 14, and information identifying the user of the peer device 16 or the peer device 16 and a timestamp identifying a time at which the song was played or recommended by the peer device 16. Likewise, if the peer device 12 then selects the song for playback, information identifying the user of the peer device 12 or the peer device 12 and a corresponding timestamp may be appended to the list of recommenders.
The peer device 12, and more specifically the recommendation engine 24, also receives recommendations from the other peer devices 14, 16 (step 206). The recommendations from the other peer devices 14, 16 identify songs played by the other peer devices 14, 16. Optionally, the recommendation engine 24 may filter the recommendations from the other peer devices 14, 16 based on, for example, user, genre, artist, title, album, lyrics, date of release, or the like (step 208).
The recommendation engine 24 then automatically selects a next song to play from the songs identified by the recommendations received from the other peer devices 14, 16, optionally songs identified by previously received recommendations, and one or more songs from the music collection 26 based on user preferences (step 210). In one embodiment, the recommendation engine 24 considers only those songs identified by recommendations received since a previous song selection. For example, if the song played in step 202 was a song selected by the recommendation engine 24 based on prior recommendations from the peer devices 14, 16, the recommendation engine 24 may only consider the songs identified in new recommendations received after the song was selected for playback in step 202 and may not consider the songs identified in the prior recommendations. This may be beneficial if the complexity of the recommendation engine 24 is desired to be minimal such as when the peer device 12 is a mobile terminal or the like having limited processing and memory capabilities. In another embodiment, the recommendation engine 24 may consider all previously received recommendations, where the recommendations may expire after a predetermined or user defined period of time.
As discussed below, the user preferences used to select the next song to play may include a weight or priority assigned to each of a number of categories such as user, genre, decade of release, and availability. Generally, availability identifies whether songs are stored locally in the music collection 26; available via the subscription music service 18; available for download, and optionally purchase, from an e-commerce service or one of the other peer devices 14, 16; or are not currently available where the user may search for the songs if desired. The user preferences may be stored locally at the peer device 12 or obtained from a central server via the network 20. If the peer device 12 is a portable device, the user preferences may be configured on an associated user system, such as a personal computer, and transferred to the peer device 12 during a synchronization process. The user preferences may alternatively be automatically provided or suggested by the recommendation engine 24 based on a play history of the peer device 12. In the preferred embodiment discussed below, the songs identified by the recommendations from the other peer devices 14, 16 and the songs from the music collection 26 are scored or ranked based on the user preferences. Then, based on the scores, the recommendation engine 24 selects the next song to play.
Once the next song to play is selected, the peer device 12 obtains the selected song (step 212). If the selected song is part of the music collection 26, the peer device 12 obtains the selected song from the music collection 26. If the selected song is not part of the music collection 26, the recommendation engine 24 obtains the selected song from the subscription music service 18, an e-commerce service, or one of the other peer devices 14, 16. For example, the recommendation for the song may include a URL providing a link to a source from which the song may be obtained, and the peer device 12 may obtain the selected song from the source identified in the recommendation for the song. Once obtained, the selected song is played and the process repeats (steps 202-212).
In this example, once the P2P network is established, the peer device 14′ plays a song and, in response, provides a song recommendation identifying the song to the peer device 12′ via the proxy server 40 (steps 400-404). While not illustrated for clarity, the peer device 14′ also sends the recommendation for the song to the peer device 16′ via the proxy server 40. The peer device 16′ also plays a song and sends a song recommendation to the peer device 12′ via the proxy server 40 (steps 406-410). Again, while not illustrated for clarity, the peer device 16′ also sends the recommendation for the song to the peer device 14′ via the proxy server 40.
From this point, the process continues as discussed above. More specifically, the recommendation engine 24′ may optionally filter the recommendations from the other peer devices 14′, 16′ based on, for example, user, genre, artist, title, album, lyrics, date of release, or the like (step 412). The recommendation engine 24′ then automatically selects a next song to play from the songs identified by the recommendations received from the other peer devices 14′-16′, optionally songs identified by previously received recommendations from the peer devices 14′-16′, and one or more songs from the music collection 26′ based on user preferences (step 414). In the preferred embodiment discussed below, the songs identified by the recommendations from the other peer devices 14′-16′ and the songs from the music collection 26′ are scored based on the user preferences. Then, based on the scores, the recommendation engine 24′ selects the next song to play.
Once the next song to play is selected, the peer device 12′ obtains the selected song (step 416). If the selected song is part of the music collection 26′, the peer device 12′ obtains the selected song from the music collection 26′. If the selected song is not part of the music collection 26′, the recommendation engine 24′ obtains the selected song from the subscription music service 18, an e-commerce service, or one of the other peer devices 14′-16′. For example, the selected song may be obtained from a source identified in the recommendation for the song. Once obtained, the selected song is played and a recommendation for the song is provided to the other peer devices 14′-16′ via the proxy server 40 (steps 418-426).
Once recommendations are received from the other peer devices 14′-16′, the recommendation engine 24′ of the peer device 12′ scores the songs identified by the recommendations based on the user preferences (step 502). The recommendation engine 24′ also scores one or more local songs from the music collection 26′ (step 504). The recommendation engine 24′ then selects the next song to play based, at least on part, on the scores of the recommended and local songs (step 506).
Once the weights are assigned, the user may select an OK button 62 to return to the GUI 42 of
Returning to
Regarding users, if the radio button 68 is selected, the users are assigned weights based on their respective positions in an alphabetically sorted list of users. If the radio button 70 is selected, a GUI 92 (
Regarding genres, if the radio button 74 is selected, the genres are assigned weights based on their respective positions in an alphabetically sorted list of genres. If the radio button 76 is selected, a GUI 100 (
Regarding decades, if the radio button 80 is selected, the decades are assigned weights based on their respective positions in a chronologically sorted list of decades. If the radio button 82 is selected, a GUI 118 (
Regarding availability, if the radio button 86 is selected, the availability types are assigned weights based on their respective positions in an alphabetically sorted list of availability types. If the radio button 88 is selected, a GUI 132 (
An exemplary equation for scoring a particular song is:
Score=NRF·(WU·WUA+WG·WGA+WD·WDA+WA·WAA)·100,
where NRF is the “no repeat factor”; WU is the weight assigned to the user category; WUA is the weight assigned to the user attribute of the song, which is the user recommending the song; WG is the weight assigned to the genre category; WGA is the weight assigned to the genre attribute of the song, which is the genre of the song; WD is the weight assigned to the decade category; WDA is the weight assigned to the decade attribute of the song, which is the decade in which the song or the album associated with the song was released; WA is the weight assigned to the availability category; and WAA is the weight assigned to the availability attribute of the song, which is the availability of the song.
The NRF may, for example, be computed as:
As an example, assume that the following category weights have been assigned:
Further assume that the attributes for the categories have been assigned weights as follows:
Thus, if a particular song to be scored is recommended by the user “User C,” is from the “Alternative Genre,” is from the “1980s” decade, and is available from the subscription music service 18, the score of the song may be computed as:
where if the song was last played 88 songs ago,
Thus, the score for the song is
The present invention provides GUIs to allow the user to navigate through and sort his or her media item collection containing the media item recommendations based on a preference scoring system described above.
The GUI 142 may optionally allow the user to block songs having particular identified fields. In the examples of
Referring to
The user column 164 displays a list of users who have subscribed to the client application. The users displayed in the user column 164 may be the user and/or peers or friends of the user. Individual users may appear more than once in the user column 164 based on the number of recommendations from the user, with respect to the peers or friends of the user, and/or based on the number of media items stored locally in peer device 12′, with respect to the user. The song column 166 is a list of media item titles for the media items recommended by the users and the media items stored locally in peer device 12′. Although the song column 166 in
The artist column 168 displays a list of the names of the artists associated with the particular media item. The genre column 170 displays a list of the genre categories in which the media items may be defined. The decade column 172 displays a list of the beginning year of the decade in which the media item was released. Optionally, the decade column 172 may be a “Year” column with the actual year of the release of the media item displayed. The time column 174 displays the time since that particular media item was played by the associated user in the user column 164. The availability column 176 comprises information regarding the location of the media items, as discussed above. The score column 178 displays the score for the associated media item, which may be determined using the user preference information as discussed in detail above.
The media items displayed in the song column 166 are sorted in an order depending on the media item's score, which is displayed in the score column 178 from the highest score to the lowest score.
The user may sort the playlist based on several different criteria. The sorting criteria may include, for example, user, title, artist, genre, year of release, and availability. The user may sort the playlist according to the criterion by selecting the column associated with the criterion. The user may select the column for sorting by clicking on the descriptive header for that column. For example, if the user elects to sort the playlist by title, the user may click on the descriptive heading for the song column 166, and the media items displayed on the playlist are displayed in an order based on an alphabetical listing of the titles of the media items. If the user selects the artist column 168, the media items are displayed in an order based on an alphabetical listing of the artists. If an artist has more than one media item on the playlist, the media items for that artist are displayed according to the media item score in descending order.
If the user selects another column, for example, the genre column 170, the media items in the playlist are sorted according to genre in a descending order with the media items defined as being in the user's most preferred genre category positioned at the top of the displayed playlist, and the media items defined as being in the user's least preferred genre category at the bottom of the displayed playlist. If there is more than one media item within a genre, the media items within the genre are sorted by the media item's score in descending order.
An example of the playlist sorted by the genre criterion is shown in
The media items may be displayed on the playlist in the order in which the media items are played. A play order of the media items depends on and follows the order in which the media items are positioned on the playlist. For example, in
In one embodiment, the user may choose the number of recommendations that are displayed on the playlist. The user may do this by setting the maximum number of recommendations in a recommendation queue.
Optionally, the GUI 184 may include a “Remove Media Items Based On” plurality of selectors 186. The “Remove Media Items Based On” selector 186 allows the user to select the basis on which recommendations are removed from the playlist.
In one embodiment, the recommendation engine 24′ of the peer device 12′ may provide a download queue containing all songs to be downloaded, and optionally purchased, from an external source such as the subscription music service 18, an e-commerce service, or another peer device 14′-16′. Songs in the download queue having scores above a first predetermined or user defined threshold and previews of other songs in the download queue having scores above a second predetermined or user defined threshold but below the first threshold may be automatically downloaded to the peer device 12′.
Also included on the GUI 187 may be a “Flush On Rescoring” selector 190, a “Max Download Sessions” sliding bar 191, a “Max Download Attempts” sliding bar 192, a “Retry Interval” sliding bar 193, and an “Omit Media Items With Block Fields From Download” selector 194. If the user actuates the “Flush On Rescoring” selector 190, the songs are deleted from the download queue if the user re-sorts the playlist based on a criterion. The “Max Download Sessions” sliding bar 191 allows the user to select the maximum number of sockets for downloading songs to the peer device 12′. The “Max Download Attempts” sliding bar 192 and the “Retry Interval” sliding bar 193 allow the user to control the number of retry attempts to download songs and the time interval between the retry attempts, respectively. The “Omit Media Items With Block Fields From Download” selector 194 allows the user to designate media items on the media item playlist to be omitted from the download queue as discussed in detail above.
The present invention provides substantial opportunity for variation without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. For example, while
As another example, while the discussion herein focuses on song recommendations, the present invention is not limited thereto. The present invention is equally applicable to recommendations for other types of media presentations such as video presentations. Thus, the present invention may additionally or alternatively provide movie recommendations, television program recommendations, or the like.
Those skilled in the art will recognize improvements and modifications to the preferred embodiments of the present invention. All such improvements and modifications are considered within the scope of the concepts disclosed herein and the claims that follow.
Claims
1. A user device comprising:
- a processor;
- a control system component associated with the processor, the control system component adapted to: receive information identifying a media item and a friend of a plurality of friends, wherein the information is provided as a result of playing the media item on a second user device associated with the friend of the plurality of friends; present information comprising: information identifying the media item selected for play on the second user device and the friend associated with the second user device; and information identifying a plurality of other media items and a subset of the plurality of friends, wherein play of the other media items was initiated on a corresponding plurality of other user devices associated with the subset of the plurality of friends; obtain a selection of a second media item for play; obtain the second media item; initiate play of the second media item; and provide, as a result of playing the second media item, information identifying the second media item and the user for sharing with the plurality of friends of the user.
2. The user device of claim 1 wherein the control system component is further adapted to:
- obtain user information identifying a user associated with the user device; and
- obtain friend information identifying the plurality of friends of the user.
3. The user device of claim 2 wherein in order to obtain the friend information identifying the plurality of friends of the user based on the user information identifying the user the control system component is further adapted to:
- request the friend information identifying the plurality of friends from a social network; and
- receive the friend information identifying the plurality of friends from the social network.
4. The user device of claim 1 wherein in order to obtain, by the user device, the second media item the control system component is further adapted to:
- automatically determine the media item is not stored locally on the user device; and
- obtain in response to determining the media item is not stored locally on the user device, the media item.
5. The user device of claim 4 wherein the control system component is further adapted to:
- obtain a selection of the media item for play; and wherein determining the media item is not stored locally on the user device is determined in response to obtaining the selection.
6. The user device of claim 1 wherein in order to present, by the user device, the information the control system component is further adapted to:
- automatically add the media item to a pre-existing list of media items, to provide an updated list of media items; and
- display the updated list of media items.
7. The user device of claim 6 wherein the pre-existing list of media items comprises at least one media item from a local media collection.
8. The user device of claim 6 wherein the pre-existing list of media items comprises the plurality of other media items, wherein the other media items existed prior to receiving the information identifying the media item and the friend of the plurality of friends.
9. The user device of claim 1 wherein the control system component is further adapted to:
- store the media item, in response to obtaining the media item.
10. The user device of claim 1 wherein in order to obtain the media item the control system is further adapted to stream the media item.
11. The user device of claim 10 wherein in order to stream the media item the control system component is further adapted to stream the media item from the second user device.
12. The user device of claim 10 wherein in order to stream the media item the control system component is further adapted to stream the media item from a server.
13. The user device of claim 12 wherein the server comprises at least one of a music service server and a proxy server.
14. The user device of claim 1 wherein in order to obtain the media item the control system component is further adapted to download at least a portion of the media item.
15. The user device of claim 14 wherein in order to download the at least a portion of the media item the control system component is further adapted to download the at least a portion of the media item from the second user device.
16. The user device of claim 14 wherein in order to download the at least a portion of the media item the control system component is further adapted to download the at least a portion of the media item from a server.
17. The user device of claim 16 wherein the server comprises at least one of a music service server and a proxy server.
18. The user device of claim 14 wherein in order to download the at least a portion of the media item the control system component is further adapted to download a complete version of the media item.
19. The user device of claim 1 wherein information identifying a media item and a friend of the plurality of friends is provided as a result of playing the media item on a second user device associated with the friend of the plurality of friends further comprises a timestamp indicating a time at which the media item was played on the second user device.
20. The user device of claim 1 wherein the information identifying a media item comprises a URL.
21. The user device of claim 1 wherein the friend comprises an other user of an other user device that is connected to the user through a social network.
22. The user device of claim 1 wherein the information identifying a user is a name of the user.
23. A user device comprising:
- a processor;
- a control system component associated with the processor, the control system adapted to: receive information identifying a media item and a friend of a plurality of friends, wherein the information is provided as a result of playing the media item on a second user device associated with the friend of the plurality of friends; present information comprising: information identifying the media item selected for play on the second user device and the friend associated with the second user device; information identifying a plurality of other media items and a subset of the plurality of friends, wherein play of the other media items was initiated on a corresponding plurality of other user devices associated with the subset of the plurality of friends; obtain the media item from a remote source; initiate play of the media item; and provide as a result of playing the media item, information identifying the media item and the user for sharing with the plurality of friends of the user.
24. The user device of claim 23 wherein the control system component is further adapted to:
- obtain information identifying a user associated with the user device;
- obtain information identifying a plurality of friends of the user, the user and the plurality of friends being connected through a social network;
- determine the media item is not stored locally on the user device; and
- obtain in response to determining the media item is not stored locally on the user device, the media item.
25. The user device of claim 24 wherein the control system component is further adapted to:
- score the media item based on user preferences;
- automatically select the media item to play from an updated list of media items based on scores assigned to the media items in the updated list of media items; and
- play the selected media item on the user device.
26. The user device of claim 25 wherein the user preferences comprise weights assigned to a plurality of categories and scoring the media item is based on the weights assigned to the plurality of categories.
27. The user device of claim 26 wherein the plurality of categories comprises at least one of genre, decade, and availability categories.
28. The user device of claim 25 wherein the control system component is further adapted to:
- obtain the user preferences from the user.
29. The user device of claim 25 wherein the control system component is further adapted to:
- automatically generate the user preferences based on an associated play history.
30. A user device comprising:
- a processor;
- a control system component associated with the processor, the control system adapted to: receive information identifying a media item and a friend of a plurality of friends, wherein the information is provided in response to playing the media item on a second user device associated with the friend of the plurality of friends; present information identifying the media item selected for play on the second user device and the friend associated with the second user device; display information identifying a plurality of other media items; display information identifying a source of each of the plurality of other media items; initiate play of the media item; and provide in response to playing the media item, information identifying the media item and the user for sharing with the plurality of friends of the user.
31. The user device of claim 30 wherein the control system component is further adapted to:
- obtain information identifying a user associated with the user device;
- obtain information identifying a plurality of friends of the user based on the information identifying the user;
- automatically determine the media item is not stored locally on the user device; and
- obtain in response to determining the media item is not stored locally on the user device, the media item.
32. A user device comprising:
- a processor;
- a control system component associated with the processor, the control system adapted to: receive information identifying a media item and a friend of a plurality of friends, wherein the information is provided as a result of playing the media item on a second user device associated with the friend of the plurality of friends; automatically add the media item to a pre-existing list of media items, to provide an updated list of media items; present information derived from the updated list of media items comprising: information identifying the media item selected for play on the second user device and the friend associated with the second user device; information identifying a plurality of other media items and a subset of the plurality of friends, wherein play of the other media items was initiated on a corresponding plurality of other user devices associated with the subset of the plurality of friends; and
- wherein the pre-existing list of media items is a list of media items existing prior to receiving the information identifying a media item and a friend of the plurality of friends, wherein the information is provided as a result of playing the media item on a second user device associated with the friend of the plurality of friends.
33. The user device of claim 32 wherein the control system component is further adapted to:
- obtain a selection of a second media item for play;
- obtain the second media item;
- initiate play of the second media item; and
- provide as a result of playing the second media item, information identifying the second media item and the user for sharing with the plurality of friends of the user.
34. A user device comprising:
- a processor;
- a control system component associated with the processor, the control system adapted to: receive information identifying a media item, a friend of a plurality of friends, and a timestamp, wherein the information is provided as a result of the media item having been played at a time of play indicated by the timestamp on a second user device associated with the friend of the plurality of friends; present information comprising: information identifying the media item selected for play on the second user device, the friend associated with the second user device, and information indicating the time of play of the media item; and information identifying a plurality of other media items and a subset of the plurality of friends wherein play of the other media items was initiated on a corresponding plurality of other user devices associated with the subset of the plurality of friends, and wherein at least one of the plurality of other media items is displayed with information indicating an other time of play derived from a timestamp of the at least one of the plurality of other media items at a corresponding other user device.
35. The user device of claim 34 wherein the control system component is further adapted to:
- obtain a selection of a second media item for play;
- obtain the second media item;
- initiate play of the second media item at a second time; and
- provide as a result of playing the second media item, information identifying the second media item, a corresponding second media item timestamp, and the user for sharing with the plurality of friends of the user.
36. A system for distributing music comprising:
- a user device having a processor and a control system component associated with the processor, the user device adapted to: obtain information identifying a user associated with the user device; obtain information identifying a plurality of friends of the user based on the information identifying the user; receive information identifying a media item and a friend of the plurality of friends, wherein the information is provided in response to playing the media item on a second user device associated with the friend of the plurality of friends; present information comprising: information identifying the media item selected for play on the second user device and the friend associated with the second user device; information identifying a plurality of other media items and a subset of the plurality of friends, wherein play of the other media items was initiated on a corresponding plurality of other user devices associated with the subset of the plurality of friends; obtain a selection of a second media item for play; request the second media item from a server; provide in response to playing the second media item, information identifying the second media item and the user for sharing with the plurality of friends of the user, and
- a server having a processor, the server adapted to: provide a subscription based music service to the user device and the second user device; facilitate communication between the user device and the second user device; and provide the second media item to the user device in response to receiving the request.
37. A user device comprising:
- a processor;
- a control system component associated with the processor, the control system adapted to: receive information identifying: a plurality of media items; times at which the plurality of media items were played at user devices of friends of a plurality of friends; and users of a plurality of user devices at which the plurality of media items were played; and for ones of the plurality of media items, display by the user device, information identifying: the media item; the time at which the media item was played at the user devices of the friends of the plurality of friends; the user of the plurality of user devices at which the media item was played; and a source of the media item.
38. The user device of claim 37 wherein the control system component is further adapted to:
- obtain a selection of a second media item for play;
- obtain the second media item;
- initiate play of the second media item; and
- provide as a result of playing the second media item, information identifying the second media item and the user for sharing with the plurality of friends of the user.
39. The user device of claim 37 wherein the source of the media item is local.
40. The user device of claim 37 wherein the source of the media item is a remote source.
41. The user device of claim 40 wherein the remote source is a server operated by a music subscription service.
42. The user device of claim 40 wherein the remote source is a server operated by a music download service.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Jun 11, 2014
Date of Patent: Nov 5, 2019
Patent Publication Number: 20140297752
Assignee: Napo Enterprises, LLC (Wilmington, DE)
Inventor: Hugh Svendsen (Chapel Hill, NC)
Primary Examiner: Phenuel S Salomon
Application Number: 14/301,932
International Classification: G06F 3/0481 (20130101); H04L 29/06 (20060101); G11B 27/00 (20060101); G11B 27/10 (20060101); G11B 27/11 (20060101); G11B 27/34 (20060101); H04L 12/00 (20060101); H04L 29/00 (20060101); H04L 29/08 (20060101);